Talk:Herald Sun Player of the Year

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The Herald & The Sun had separate awards pre-1991[edit]

Hello. I'd like to see this Player of the Year page reviewed simply because the award of that title has only existed since 1991. Previous to that both The Herald and The Sun had separate player awards, and for differing time periods. Not being so hot with some of the technical formatting in pages like that HSPY one, I'm not sure if it possible to create two columns of information so that each paper's annual award winner/s can be listed next to each other up to the 1990 season. I don't live in Victoria, so cannot access the papers that readily. However, recently when in Melbourne for a brief visit, I was able for a couple of hours to use the microfilm at State Library of Victoria and found the following details. The Herald voting was in format of 3-2-1, but The Sun award was based on each player in every match receiving a score (between 1 and 8 ?) and a cumulative tally kept for season.

1977 - Herald winner - L Matthews (Hawthorn), The Herald, 29 August 1977

1977 - Sun winners - L Matthews (Hawthorn) & K Bartlett (Richmond), The Sun, 29 August 1977

1978 - Herald winner - G Wilson (Fitzroy), The Herald, 4 September 1978

1978 - Sun winner - G Wilson (Fitzroy), The Sun, 4 September 1978

1979 - Herald winner - G Wilson (Fitzroy), The Herald, 3 September 1979

1979 - Sun winner - G Dempsey (North Melb), The Sun, 3 September 1979

If others associated with the project could assist, especially with answer to the tech. question, that would be appreciated. Believe I have some notes from other Melbourne visits in the past which include a handful of earlier Herald winners, so will try and locate and verify for the page.RossRSmith (talk) 07:38, 14 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merge with Herald Sun?[edit]

It looks to me like this page probably fails WP:GNG, so shouldn't really exist (the sources mostly come directly from the Herald Sun itself). I think it would make sense to move whatever content is worth it over to Herald Sun and make this a redirect. OliveYouBean (talk) 11:27, 19 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Weak oppose, as it would unbalance the target and the practice for awards (discussed at Wikipedia:Notability (awards and medals)) would suggest that this like to meet the usual criteria to keep. Klbrain (talk) 17:26, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Closing, given the uncontested objection and no support, with stale discussion. Klbrain (talk) 10:29, 16 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]